Bradshaw George Pte 4455852
Personnel Entry
Name Bradshaw George
Army number 4455852
Rank Private.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 9/3/1920, St Cuthbert's, Gateshead.
Age
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 11th May 1939. Posted to the 9th Battalion DLI 11/5/1939. Posted to the 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported Missing 21/5/1940 . Now known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably at Ficheux - 21/5/1940. Returned to the UK. Posted to the Y List (PoW) 19/4/1945. Permanently Attached to the 11th Battalion Argyll and sutherland Highlanders 14/6/1945. Attached to the Bedfordshire Regiment 12/7/1945. Admonished for periods of Absence Without Leave. Attached to the 1/7th Battalion Queen's Regiment 28/8/1945. Transferred back to the Black Watch. Posted 10th Battalion Black Watch R P 7/1/1946. Posted to Y/Y List 13/4/1946. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/8/46. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet confirmed.
Task or role Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known as yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - held in Stalag 20A, PoW Number 10550.
Died/Killed in action Date of death researched to be 7/5/2009 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Home address George lived at 7, Miller St. Bensham, Gateshead with his family. At the time of the 1939 General Register he was working as a Meat Distributor and was single. Father - George (Butcher) - mother Maggie. Married Jane (Jenny) E. Fulthorpe in Gateshead January 1947.
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